Whats Yours Is Mine by Influenza

Format: Commander

Commander: Saruman of Many Colors

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper control and spellslinger strategy designed to extract maximum value from casting two spells each turn. Commanded by Saruman of Many Colors, the deck combines efficient interaction, steady mill effects, and free spell-theft from opposing graveyards. Early turns focus on establishing mana rocks and cheap card selection. In the midgame, the deck lands powerful anchors such as Saruman, Lord of the Nazgûl, and The Council of Four to dominate the board with token generation and card draw. Opponents' graveyards are constantly filled via cards like Ruin Crab and Fractured Sanity, fueling both Saruman's ability and massive threats like Consuming Aberration and Syr Konrad, the Grim. The deck protects its game plan with free and uncounterable interaction, ultimately closing games through overwhelming Wraith token combat, heavy mill-drain attrition, or the lethal Duskmantle Guildmage and Mindcrank combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Memory Erosion
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Monk Class
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Saruman of Many Colors
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble